DataFormatString Dates

Note that date formatting is especially dependant on the system’s regional settings; the example strings here are from my local locale.

Specifier

Type

Example (Passed System.DateTime.Now)

d

Short date

10/12/2002

D

Long date

December 10, 2002

t

Short time

10:11 PM

T

Long time

10:11:29 PM

f

Full date & time

December 10, 2002 10:11 PM

F

Full date & time (long)

December 10, 2002 10:11:29 PM

g

Default date & time

10/12/2002 10:11 PM

G

Default date & time (long)

10/12/2002 10:11:29 PM

M

Month day pattern

December 10

r

RFC1123 date string

Tue, 10 Dec 2002 22:11:29 GMT

s

Sortable date string

2002-12-10T22:11:29

u

Universal sortable, local time

2002-12-10 22:13:50Z

U

Universal sortable, GMT

December 11, 2002 3:13:50 AM

Y

Year month pattern

December, 2002

DataFormatString - Custom date formatting:

Specifier

Type

Example

Example Output

dd

Day

{0:dd}

10

ddd

Day name

{0:ddd}

Tue

dddd

Full day name

{0:dddd}

Tuesday

f, ff, …

Second fractions

{0:fff}

932

gg, …

Era

{0:gg}

A.D.

hh

2 digit hour

{0:hh}

10

HH

2 digit hour, 24hr format

{0:HH}

22

mm

Minute 00-59

{0:mm}

38

MM

Month 01-12

{0:MM}

12

MMM

Month abbreviation

{0:MMM}

Dec

MMMM

Full month name

{0:MMMM}

December

ss

Seconds 00-59

{0:ss}

46

tt

AM or PM

{0:tt}

PM

yy

Year, 2 digits

{0:yy}

02

yyyy

Year

{0:yyyy}

2002

zz

Timezone offset, 2 digits

{0:zz}

-05

zzz

Full timezone offset

{0:zzz}

-05:00

:

Separator

{0:hh:mm:ss}

10:43:20

/

Separator

{0:dd/MM/yyyy}

10/12/2002

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